No protests as euthanasia seminar goes ahead

THE euthanasia advocate nicknamed ‘Dr Death’ expounded his theories on voluntary suicide in Dublin yesterday, with expected protesters nowhere to be seen and the meeting instead soundtracked, occasionally, by laughter.

The director of Exit International Dr Philip Nitschke held the free-entry session in Seomra Spraoi in Dublin’s inner city yesterday afternoon, the small communal building the fifth venue designated for the session and follow-up workshop, after the first four pulled out of hosting the event.

The Australian, wrapped in a thick, colourful scarf, told the crowd of about 50, mostly elderly, people: “If you are well enough to come to a meeting like this, you are well enough to plan ahead.”